Elmo World!

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What is a document camera or ELMO? Well, you can think of it as an overhead projector on steroids.It connects through your computer to your projector and projects text, photos or three-dimensional objects on a screen in the classroom. Here are just a few ways you might use one:
  1. Demonstrate math manipulatives
  2. Show visuals for science experiments
  3. Modeling of the physical process of writing - hand movements
  4. Art - Modeling
  5. Whole class participate in practice state test
  6. Isolate new vocabulary
  7. Show and Tell
  8. Book Reports
  9. Highlighted good vs bad grammar in writing
  10. Going over tests
  11. Glyphs
  12. Graphing, charts, tables
  13. Showing science experiment resullts
  14. Step-by-step math problem solving
  15. Displaying student work
  16. Storyboarding
  17. Displaying class agenda/schedule
  18. Modeling note-taking
  19. Mapping and group editing
  20. Fluencing
  21. Live web-cams
  22. Coins and manipulatives
  23. Reflections and tesselations
  24. Magnifying insects
  25. Side by side with project, or interview, and an outline of what is being talked about
  26. Demonstration with doc camera doing project, no more big semicircle watching the teacher
  27. Sequence of pictures, time lapse, to demonstrate progression.
  28. Adding visuals to note outlines.
  29. Paperless handouts.
  30. Showing hands-on tasks.
  31. Compare and Contrast.
  32. Step by step instructions.
  33. Recording speeches.
  34. Group editing.
  35. Displaying fragile items or print photographs.
  36. Choral reading.
  37. Cloze activities.
  38. Prediction activities.
  39. Display maps, charts, gaphs, images from textbooks.
  40. Sharing a 3D process.
  41. Visualization of verbage.
  42. Instant feedback on student work.
  43. Dissecting flowers.
  44. Handwriting technique.
  45. Descriptive writing activities using image as writing prompt.
  46. Puppet shows.
  47. Picture books with read alouds
  48. Visual keywords for reading, keypoints, outlining
  49. Side by side, student work and live action editing
  50. Read alouds
  51. Randomly selected homework being displayed
  52. How to use calculators, rulers, and other tools
  53. Student taught lessons
  54. Creating letters